@shagbark_hick Everyone that complains wants someone to do something about the problem they complain about, but either don't realize they can be someone that does something or don't want to do the hard work of being a someone that does something.
@HabitatFarmer@Empty_America My parents house was built in the 1830s. It was originally cedar shakes. Around 1910 a standing seam roof was installed...my parents replaced it with another in 2022.
@ethanisimon@DavidSRobinson1@upstatefederlst That's why the House is supposed to have the purse strings. The House is supposed to be the main legislative body and the senate is supposed to protect states rights from the House. We shouldn't have elected senators, they used to be elected by state legislators.
@wrvb3@benlandautaylor Trashing your credit for 10 years isn't exactly a get out of jail free card.
Colleges should be the ones doing the majority of the underwriting so they'd have better incentives to keep costs reasonable and make sure the students have degrees that pay for themselves.
@CBKimbrell It's like watching the fall of the Roman republic 2100ish years later.
Oscillating from extreme to extreme, both sides chipping away a sacred institutions and precedents with wild abandon.
@CBKimbrell The Amish and Jews are very similar in their ideas about God having rules for them and then going to extreme lengths to circumvent those rules by technicalities.